Holoptilus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825: 280. Type species by monotypy: Holoptilus ursus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825, S Africa.
Lasiocera Laporte, 1833: 47 (syn. Laporte, 1833: 50). Unnecessary new name for Holoptilus Lepeletier & Serville, 1825.
Holoptiloides Miller, 1956c: 436 (syn. Villiers, 1986: 215). Type species by original designation: Holoptiloides adusta Miller, 1956, S Africa, Transvaal.